Calendar



(No Model.) 2 Sheets Sheet 1. 0. G. BLAGKMER.

CALENDAR.

No. 445,745. Patented Feb. 3, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORLANDO C. BLACKMER, OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

C A L E N D A R SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.445,745, dated February 3, 1891. Application filed March 6, 1890. SerialNo. 342,860- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO C. BLAOKMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oak Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Perpetual Calendars, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in calendars, and comprises someof the features described and claimed in my application, Serial No.320,440, filedAugust 12, 1889, which are combined with certain novelfeatures. Said last-mentioned features relate, first, to a suitablebacking or support having a receptacle or pocket to receive day-cards,and provided with a flexible bracing-leg, whereby to maintain thecalendar in an upright or inclined position, and, second, to a dialrotatably secured on the back of the support or case having the monthsand days of the months marked on the face thereof, said case having asight-aperture therein, through which the name of a month and the numberof days therein can be discerned when the dial is properly turned. Thebacking or support will preferably extend above the day-cards, so as toprovide space for advertisement and also to support the rotating dial inproper po-,

sition with relation to the said cards.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 isa plan view. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan. Figs. 4 and 5 are plan views ofthe day-cards, showing the arrangements thereof for two months coming inon different days of the week. Fig. 6 isa plan View of the dial havingthe months of the year, the numbers of the months, and the number ofdays in each month indicated thereon.

In the drawings, Aindicates a case or support, which may be composed ofa single sheet of stiff paper or light metal and provided with the sideflaps a a, which are folded over the face of the case and furnishpockets to contain the day-cards, but leaving the front sufficientlyopen to permit the characters on the cards to be discerned.

B indicates a bracing-support for the case A, which is made from asingle piece of sheet metal or stiff pasteboard and having upright legsI) b, secured toward the upper end of the back of the case A, and theirlower ends connected by an inverted-V-shaped bracing-leg I). When it isdesired to support the case in an inclined position, the supporting-legswill be flexed and the point of the bracing-leg forced down until itengages a catch, perforation, or stop, such as d, on or in the back ofthe easing, which will lock the legs in their extended position.

On the face of the casing A and above the card-receptacle there is spacefor printing or otherwise marking matter of advertisement, and on thehack of said casing is secured a dial E, divided by circular and radiallines into spaces wherein are indicated the months and the number ofdays therein, and by preference the number of the month and the wordDays or an abbreviation thereof, as shown in Fig. 6. Thisdial isrotatably mounted upon the casing by means of the arbor e, which may bea hollow metal rivet, such as is used in fastening papers. Toward thetop of the casing an aperture A is provided, and when the dial isrotated the characters or inscription on the face of the dial willappear at the opening.

The cards on which the days of the week are indicated are marked F, andare preferably ruled into rectangular spaces by means of horizontal andvertical lines, and in the first row of spaces at the top are printed orotherwise indicated the names of the days of the week or abbreviationsthereof, as shown by the drawings. Beneath the days-of-theweek line thenumbers 1 to 31, inclusive, are placed in order and arranged withreference to the days of the week on which the month comes in. Byreferring to Figs. at and 5 of the drawings this arrangement will bereadily understood. In these figures I have shown what I term aSunday-Monday card-that is to say, a card showing on one side, as inFig. 5, the arrangement of the days of the month when the first day ofthe month falls on Sunday, and. the reverse side of the card showing thearrangement when the first day of the month falls on Monday. 'I preferto indicate-as, for example, by the use of a heavy line fthe arrangementof the days of the month on the card. The line appearing underSunday'Monday, for example, indicates that the days of the months arearranged on that card to conform to the coming in of the two months onthose days, respectively. This day-card, however, is shown in my saidprior application and is not herein separately claimed.

In setting the calendar for use for the month coming in on Monday theSunday- Monday card Will be selected and the side of said card exposedto show the month commencing with that day, as in Fig. 5; but for themonth coming in on Saturday a card will be selected arranged as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. Referring 110w to said figures, it will be seen thatthere appears at the top of the card and in the sight-opening thereof anabbreviation of the name of the month of February With the number of themonth and the number of days therein, and also an abbreviation of theWOl't days appearing below the name in regular order, While the face ofthe card shows that the month came in on Saturday, and allowance is madefor the fact that this month contains in different years a differentnumberof days. bears the numbers from 1 to 31, inclusive, so that eachcard is made applicable to all months in the year which come in on thesame day.

It is obvious that this calendar is perpetual, the year being rememberedor supplied.

The device is compact, can be maintained in a proper position on thedesk, or hung upon the Wall, if preferred, and can be made available foradvertisement,and so cheaply constructed as to be economically used as ameans of advertisement.

I claim-- 1. A calendar comprising, in combination. a suitable backingor support to receive a set of movable cards having indicated thereonthe days of the Week and the series of numbers 1 to 31, inclusive, torepresent the days of the month, and arranged on the cards with thefirst number of the series under the first day of the Week and on thesucceeding card-face with said first number un- Each card der the secondday of the week, and so on progressively for each day of the Week, and adial rotatably secured to said backing and having indicated thereon themonths of the year, substantially as described.

2. A calendar comprising, in combination, a suitable backing or supportto receive a set of movable cards having indicated thereon the days ofthe Week and the series of numbers 1 to 31, inclusive, to represent thedays of the month, and arranged on the cards with the first number ofthe series under the first day of the week and on the succeedingcard-face with said first number under the second day of the Week, andso on progressively for each day of the Week, saidbacking having asight-aperture toward the top thereof, and a dial rotatably secured tosaid backing behind the aperture and having indicated thereon the monthsof the year, substantially as described.

3. In a calendar, the combination of a backing or support having abracing-leg on its rear side and a pocket or receptacle on its frontside to receive a set of movable cards, a portion of said backingprojecting above the card-receptacle and having therein a Sightopening,a set of cards having indicated thereon the series of numbers 1 to 31,inclusive, to represent the days of the Week and the days of the month,and arranged on the cards with the first number of the series under thefirst day of the Week and on the succeeding card-face Wit-h said firstnumher under. the second day of the Week, and so on progressively foreach day of the Week, and a dial rotatably secured on the rear of thebacking or support and having indicated thereon the names of the months,substantially as described.

ORLANDO C. BLACKMER.

Witnesses:

(1. O. LINTHICUM, FREDERICK G. GOODWIN.

